Blogs from Western, El Salvador, Central America Caribbean - page 5

I went to El Salvador but I didnt find the peace that I was so desperately looking for. I couldnt get money out at the ATM and I didnt want to go to San Salvador, just for that, equally spooked by the stories of other travellers telling me, that they couldnt get any. Not good news either. The beach was an expensive shanty town, the hostel located next to a mangrove that would also be described as a stinky mosquito infested estuary. The host family was very nice though, we practiced our english and spanish, watching coloumbian soap operas which mainly resemble soft porn. Rented a board and went sunrise surfing. It was windstill, glassy and clean as you would expect what I didnt want to see were the 50 other surfers that also got up, ... read more

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Juayua Thursday 26th August Juayua is a small town in the coffee growing area in the hills of Northern El Salvador. It's a single bus ride from Santa Ana that shouldn't take too long. But, as is becoming the pattern for this trip, we have transport problems as the pick-up taking us the short distance from our hotel to the bus station gets stuck on top of a speed hump! The longest part of the bus ride from Santa Ana to Juayua is actually the start of the journey as the bus tries to negotiate its way through the obstacle course that is Santa Ana market while belching thick black diesel fumes over any fresh produce for sale and we are raided by boarding parties of market traders. I've previously described the joys of shopping on ... read more

Santa Ana Trying Not To Look Like A Gangster The journey from El Tunco to Santa Ana is not a particularly long one but it does take three separate buses to get to Santa Ana. There are no great dramas or break downs and we reach Santa Ana on time. On the journey we have the usual flow of sales people through the buses including someone selling worm tablets again - selling worm tablets seems to be good business in Central America. We are even treated to an in-flight movie on the last bus. And just when you think a posse of enterprising popcorn sellers will flood onto the bus we are left alone. I am approached by a man with a stick at one bus stop. It's a very small stick and he's not being ... read more

I couldn’t wait until 3:05. Because at 3:05 my journey began. We started off driving to my grandma’s, but when we stopped we couldn’t get the car started. We got to my grandma’s really late so we went to bed. The next day we got up really early. My grandpa had to drive us to the airport because if we drove to the airport we would have to leave our car there. When we got on the plane my mom gave us gum so our ears would pop. For the first hour I read my book. Then Aspen and I played a bunch of card games. When we got to Mexico it was so hot it made my eyes water. The next three days we were in Paradise Village and we did the same thing. ... read more